Well, it's time to raise a glass to The Shadows 20 Golden Greats... which was released 45 years ago; February 1977.
With a bit of research we can see that it hit the Number 1 spot on 12th February and, apparently, stayed there for six weeks, before being usurped by Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. I bought the album during the school holidays (possibly Easter) and my copy can be seen below. I remember EVERYONE talking about the album at the time and so many people that I knew either had it, or wanted me to copy it for them onto cassette. It was a phenomenon that must have come out of the blue for most people. One of my main memories was ringing one of my friends up for a chat and hearing the record playing in the background. I knew it was 20GG due to the track order! And to think, we were all about 13 at the time!
Many Happy Returns!